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some distance are planted, and some farms are surrounded with 
them. But it is said they attract insects, which infest the 
houses, on which account they have been rooted up in many 
places, as for instance, in the streets of New York; in Pennsyl¬ 
vania, on the contrary, to obviate this evil, their trunks as far as 
the branches, are covered with whitewash. The butternut tree, 
the leaves of which resemble those of the ash, is also used as 
an ornamental tree. At Easton a roofed wooden bridge leads 
over the Delaware, resting on two stone piers, and is about two 
hundred and seventy-seven paces in length. Like the generality 
of these bridges, it is divided into two parts lengthwise, in order 
that wagons may not meet each other. A handsome chain bridge, 
about two hundred and ten paces in length, leads over the Le¬ 
high. It is divided into three parts lengthwise; the extreme parts 
being for wagons and horses, and the middle and smallest for 
foot passengers. This bridge was erected ten years ago, and 
though it has borne heavy loads, has not yielded in the least 
degree. 
I received in the evening visits from several Germans, who 
live in the place, among whom I mention particularly a physician, 
Dr. Muller, Mr. Schumann, and Mr. Till, from Bethlehem. 
The latter is a teacher of music and an instrument maker, in 
Easton. Mr. Schumann was sent to the seminary of the Mora* 
vians at Gnadenfeld in Silesia to become a minister. Not being 
pleased with this, he left Gnadenfeld, visited several German 
universities to study medicine, returned to America, and now 
dedicates himself in Easton to the lavr. 
A military academy was founding in Easton, of which great 
expectations were formed. It was a private undertaking by 
Mr. Constant. Since it has been seen, that the military aca¬ 
demy at West Point furnishes such excellent subjects, a strict 
military education is becoming more and more popular in the 
northern states. The number of pupils at West Point is too 
limited to admit all the young men for whom application is made. 
A captain Partridge, who was formerly an officer at West Point, 
but condemned to be cashiered by a court-martial on account of 
an act of insubordination towards General Swift and Lieutenant- 
colonel Thayer, has founded a military school at his own expense 
at Middletown, in Connecticut, in which he is said to give a very 
good education and solid instruction to the young men entrusted 
to him. The result of these schools shows more and more the 
advantage of a military education, and awakens a spirit of compe¬ 
tition among individuals to erect similar schools. 
I left Easton, June 9, at four o’clock, in the mail stage, and 
rode through New Jersey to New York, seventy-two miles. We 
passed the Delaware, and rode on a good turnpike, through a 
